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| author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2000-10-04 13:57:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2000-10-04 13:57:27 (GMT) |
| commit | c71c23e392cb45d191bfbd833d2b723c356a8f69 (patch) | |
| tree | 61099b29a5d54dbae6cd037b6603b944959283f0 /Doc/lib/libos.tex | |
| parent | 63eb6300a9eeb6532902a98c8e3041354b8a5a8a (diff) | |
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Added \versionchanged comment to os.popen() noting that it was unreliable
in earlier versions of Python; this is useful information for people
interested in writing code that is portable across Python versions.
Suggested by Peter Funk <pf@artcom-gmbh.de>.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index 0586905..073d859 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -284,6 +284,12 @@ available as the return value of the \method{close()} method of the file object, except that when the exit status is zero (termination without errors), \code{None} is returned. Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. + +\versionchanged[This function worked unreliably under Windows in + earlier versions of Python. This was due to the use of the + \cfunction{_popen()} function from the libraries provided with + Windows. Newer versions of Python do not use the broken + implementation from the Windows libraries]{2.0} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{tmpfile}{} |